[lmm]

Standups are the worst way of doing status updates except for all the others. For me an environment without standups is at least a yellow flag.

[dijit]

I used to have a bot that asked people every day if they needed help, then ask who they needed help from and what they were blocked with.

That adds just enough push to force people into asking for help.

If you’re using a standup as anything other than a pulse on making sure progress is possible. You failed.

[TedDoesntTalk]

As a manager, one has to manage many different personality types. Not all people are proactive in communicating that they need help or are lagging. The manager could go to each of his directs and ask these questions individually, but it is more efficient to do it as a group. The group setting also gives coworkers the opportunity to say, “oh, I know what’s going on. I can help with that.”

Stand ups do not have to happen every day. That’s where a lot of managers fail.

[ipaddr]

Those different personality types react differently to standups. Managing different personalities could mean providing different approaches.

[TedDoesntTalk]

It could mean that. It could also mean that there are some parts of working in a group (instead of solo) that are non-negotiable, such as periodically meeting with that group even if it is on a call.